PART FOUR: WINTER 

 CHAPTER X 



WINTER RESIDENTS 



i. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 



Haunts: Fields, thickets or around houses. 



Description: Male: slate-gray, almost black 

 on head and breast; belly clear white; outer tail 

 feathers white; bill flesh-color. Female: paler, 

 with a brownish rather than black shading, 

 particularly on the breast. 



Field-marks: White outer tail feathers and 

 the flesh-colored bill. 



Size and Shape: Length 6.3 inches. Bill 

 short and thick. 



Song and Call: An unbroken, rattling trill. 

 Call: a deep metallic "Tsip." 



Seasonal Abundance: Arrives early in Sep- 

 tember and does not leave until the end of May. 

 Only abundant, however, for about six months. 



0. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 



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Haunts: Thickets or low bushes. 



Description: Male: streaked brown above; 

 crown black with a central white stripe; white 

 line over eye, becoming bright yellow before 



